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I think it will do wonders for the image of the college, too. When you consider that the only substantial performance space in the college itself is the tiny (although very effective for drama) Bute Theatre, this represents a seriously substantial increase in facilities.

Have the day off tomorrow so will pop over and see if I can get some photos of the preliminary holes....!

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From the three renders available I can't form any view of this development. I know what they are building and where it's going but I can't visualise how it will fit in with the existing building or how it will look. Very frustrating.

I assume that the height will be similar to the existing building which is fine although it will stretch a considerable way further up North Rd. This will make for a more impressive gateway into the city especially with the civic centre across the road

I think once this is complete the contrast betwen the architectutre on both sides of North Road will be very impressive.

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I think it's a really great building. RWCMD, as the 4th university in the city is often overlooked, but I think they contribute a lot, with regards creativity and the cities performance culture. This building could be great. I hope theres some kind of performances bar on the top floor, which would offer lovely views of the park

Great to see this underway after some of the funding concerns. I'm confident this will massively increase the pulling power of the college. It's well respected (especially for drama) at the moment, but this will really give it facilities to match its reputation.

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As long as things stay that side of the water, I don't really see it as erosion of the park. It will have a major visual impact, obviously, but hopefully a positive one. And this is a city centre park after all.

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Nope. With everything you need to be pragmatic. Everything has a cultural value and parkland is high cultural value but thats not to say it should never ever be built on.

Besides RWCMD is being built on a surface car park. Only a fool supports surface car parks in city centres.

Cardiff council aren't mugs. They know what they are doing and Bute Park will be fine. In a year or so, the nimby's will have moved on to some other fruitless campaign and everyone will have forgotten what all the fuss is about.

Well, I think it's possible to be too relaxed about these things. It's interesting that you mention surface car parks - look at what's left of Sophia Gardens! However in the case of Bute Park I don't really think there's any cause for alarm at the moment. The much publicised bridge and road are a fairly minor widening of existing access which will not actually alter the usage of the park, other than to make events easier to set up, and in the case of RWCMD as stated it's mostly developed on the existing car park. Even the small number of trees which were felled were done so in order to extend an existing facility rather than inviting a developer to build afresh on parkland.

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